Dallas

Soft-shell Crabs Have Landed at Marc Cassel's 20 Feet Seafood

Marc Cassel, owner of 20 Feet Seafood Joint in East Dallas, threw an interesting post up on his Facebook page this week. Holy Flying Decapod Crustaceans Batman! A few dozen soft-shell crabs (can I get a Hallelujah?) will be boarding a red-eye flight from the Chesapeake to Big D this evening, then ... More >>

LARK Brings Lunch to the Park

Shannon Wynne's latest on Klyde Warren Park gives Dallas some much-needed vegetables.

Is Dallas Ready To Eat Bugs?

Remember last year when we stumbled on Stephan Pyles' Twitter feed? The chef was traveling around Mexico, gathering ideas for menu items for Stampede 66, and tweeting up a storm. See Also: - Stampede 66 Teases Tacos de Chipolines Pyles snapped a picture of a bin full of crickets and teased that ... More >>

LARK on Klyde Warren Park: Worth Getting Out Of Your Car For

Lark on the Park, which I review in this week's paper, feels like the start of something to me. Downtown Dallas can be such a sleepy place in the evenings, and pedestrians are few and far between. There are a few lines outside of the clubs deeper downtown, and the bars draw a few patrons, but the st ... More >>

We From Dallas Hip-Hop Documentary Trailer: Watch

Some of the founding members of longtime local rap stalwart Poor Vida Productions, have teamed up with Media 13 for a major project: This Summer, they'll screen the feature length documentary, We From Dallas. The film will tell an oral history of the Dallas hip-hop scene through a series of comprehe ... More >>

A Dallas Firefighter is Trapped inside Massive Northeast Dallas Condo Complex [Updated]

The Hearthwood Condominiums is a total loss at this point. The Northeast Dallas complex has been consumed in a massive, six-alarm fire that broke out there early this morning, bringing dozens of firetrucks to the intersection of Abrams and -- in a case of unfortunate irony -- Emberglow Lane. Reside ... More >>

KoolQuise Dreamed His Way to an Excellent New EP: Listen

KoolQuise's new EP, Small Time Lo$er (The Dream Theory), is definitively his. No overabundance of guest spots, no swagger-jacking flow or a grandiose gamble on riding a trends coattails. At times self-deprecating and at others stream-of-conscious confessional, it wasn't until songwriting was complet ... More >>

Rice and Wheat Delivers a Great Bowl of Pho in the Heart of Burgerland

Timing has never been kind to me. So it was just my usual temporal bad luck that Rice and Wheat opened its doors for business last Thursday. After seven years of living next to the building that now houses this new Vietnamese/Thai/Sushi restaurant, I am bidding adieu not only to the Maple-Medical Di ... More >>

Goodrecords: The Series Has an Open Casting Call Saturday

A few months ago, Christopher Telles, who works with the TNT series Dallas announced plans for a scripted TV show called Goodrecords: The Series. There are big ambitions for the show, which would use the shop on Greenville as a central setting.

City Manager Mary Suhm is Stepping Down

Say farewell to Mary Suhm. The Morning News' Rudy Bush broke the news this morning that, come September, she's stepping down as city manager. She said so to the City Council and top staff. The announcement begins the close of a remarkable 8-year career as city manager that saw the city become a sa ... More >>

Beautify The World Through Fashion

Dallas' New Trinity Forest Golf Course Has Officially Stolen the Byron Nelson from Irving

As we write this, the world's top golfers not named Tiger are descending on Irving for the Byron Nelson Championship. It's a big deal, one of the region's biggest sporting events and driver of an estimated $35 million in economic activity. But before play begins on Thursday, the city of Dallas woul ... More >>

A UT Dallas Grad is on a Mission to Save Pets from Ridiculous Cone-Shaped Veterinary Collars

As inventive as human beings can be, we've never come up with a solid way to keep dogs from mournfully licking their unhealed junk after being neutered. The ubiquitous Elizabethan collar or Cone of Shame, if you will, does the trick but inevitably destroys a pet's self-esteem in the process. Alterna ... More >>

Irving Police Arrested Four Men for Carrying 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana in Their U-Haul

On Monday, Irving police investigators were tipped off that a U-Haul truck containing a sizable batch of drugs was parked somewhere inside the city. They found the truck in front of a closed business on Irving Boulevard, so officers set up shop, hanging back and watching to see if someone would show ... More >>

House 34 Coming to Uptown by the End of May ... Maybe

If you've dined on the front porch at Belly and Trumpet recently, you've likely noticed some construction in progress on the lot just to the south. Nothing complements perfectly seared branzino and a white Burgundy like whirring saws and the staccato rapport of a pneumatic framing nailer. The patio ... More >>

A Family-Friendly Music Festival and Cannibal Corpse: Just Another Saturday in Dallas

Saturday in Dallas was a day you could choose to paint in the starkest possible contrasts, if that's your thing. Two big gatherings cut from an extraordinarily different cloth were happening within a relatively pleasant fifteen-minute stroll of each other, and how often do you get to travel from one ... More >>

Five Of Dallas' Best BYOB Restaurants

If you plan ahead, BYOB restaurants can be a lot of fun. Not only can they save you a lot of green, but they also put an endless variety of booze at your disposal and the potential pairings are limitless. Come with growlers full of beer, bottles full of wine -- it's your dinner. You're only limited ... More >>

Nachos, Failed Milk Bills and Sushi Cats: This Week In Dallas Dining

Busy week in Dallas dining news. I'll cut to the chase and get right to it. This week I wrote about Craft and Growler, the beer filling station that's become a hub for local craft beer enthusiasts. If you're looking to explore the exploding local beer scene here in Dallas, C&G is a good place to do ... More >>

Dallas Police Blame 911 Caller's "Heavy Accent" for 75-Minute Response to Armed Robbery

On Sunday night, four men tried to rob Pepe's Grocery on Bernal Drive in West Dallas. One of them was carrying an assault rifle, but the manager of the closed store drew first, hitting his target with two shots from his .38. The would-be robbers fled, leaving a trail of blood behind. The manager, J ... More >>

Awesome Beer and Dinner Events This Week in Dallas, Including Iron Fork and Picnics

Wednesday, May 8 It's a culinary showdown at the Dallas Contemporary as Scott Romano battles Matt McCallister of FT-33 in the Iron Fork chef challenge. The King Bucks will perform as guests (you!) sample food from different restaurants along with wine, beer and cocktails. Tickets are on sale at obs ... More >>

The Bank of America Tower, Dallas' Tallest Building, Is Changing Its Neon Green Lights

You know the building, even if you don't know its name. It's a neon silhouette that juts from the downtown skyline like a radioactive thumb. My 3-year-old calls it The Pickle, because that's kind of what it looks like, but its official name is the Bank of America Tower. Since it was built in 1985, i ... More >>

Dallas Settles With the Waste Industry, Killing Flow Control Once and For All

The final chapter appears to have been inked in the long, sorry saga of flow control, a moneymaking scheme that placed City Hall's imprimatur on the idea that southern Dallas isn't much more than a trash receptacle for the rest of the city. This week U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor entered his fi ... More >>

Kitchen LTO to Annouce Chef and Designer Finalists

To phrases like jumbo shrimp and government intelligence, Dallas is adding a new oxymoron: permanent pop-up. Kitchen LTO (Limited Time Offer) is slated to open later this summer at Trinity Groves in West Dallas. The gimmick here is that Kitchen LTO won't offer a singular dining experience, but inst ... More >>

East Hampton Sandwich Co. is Opening Second Location in Plano

The East Hampton Sandwich Co. is sailing its upscale nautical-themed sandwich shop northward to the Shops at Legacy in Plano. The first spot, in University Park's Snider Plaza, opened last fall. Founder Hunter Pond wanted to bring the sandwiches he found while vacationing in northeast to the Dallas ... More >>

Searching for the Best Nachos in Dallas

Simple in premise but with endless variations in execution, behold the nacho. When done properly, a plate of nachos becomes an act of excavation, a work of edible archaeology. We set out to explore some of the more interesting nachos in and around Dallas, and so we present the Nachodyssey. Here we w ... More >>

Dallas is Getting Its Very Own Al Jazeera Bureau

Pretty much every serious national news organization has at least a skeletal presence in Dallas. The major networks, as well as CNN, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press, all have a Dallas bureau. Partly it's that Dallas is a thriving commercial and cultural hub, partly ... More >>

Blag of The Dwarves on Sex, Drugs and the New Taylor Swift Single

Friday night's lineup at Deep Ellum's newest audible invader, Three Links, is a bit of a dream for those of us who love our punk raw and possibly infected. Now, seeing The Dwarves live, standalone, is a crucial experience at least once in the life of all from the rebellion set....but this time aroun ... More >>

Can We Talk?!

A Legendary Rhythm

The Morning News Says the Best Neighborhood for "Urban Sophisticates" is Valley Ranch

The Dallas Morning News, you may have noticed but probably didn't, is in the middle of a mammoth, months-long effort to pick the best neighborhoods. First came the safest neighborhoods, then the best schools, then those best suited for empty nesters. It's all leading up to the June 16 reveal, when t ... More >>

Plans for the Trinity Forest Golf Course Are Finally Taking Shape

When the city, AT&T and golfing legend Lee Trevino gathered at City Hall last November to announce plans for a PGA-caliber golf course in southern Dallas, they were long on such adjectives as "game changer" and "world-class" but short on details, like where the tens of millions of dollars to build t ... More >>

New Science Projects' Hard On is a Weird, Catchy Masterpiece: Preview

In this week's music feature, Darryl Smyers dove into the strange world of New Science Projects' Dale Jones. He talks about his career ambitions (Ph.D or gas station attendant) and Dallas ("My music is not flashy. I think things in Dallas are more upscale, maybe not financially, but emotionally."). ... More >>

The Right Choice Dallas Brings lots of Potential to Shed 2 in the Farmers Market

A quirky little restaurant opened in Shed 2 of Dallas Farmers Market about six weeks ago. Owner Luis Rotundo and his father, Luis Senior, call the restaurant The Right Choice Dallas and serve up rotisserie chickens laced with Venezuelan flavors, tiny arepitas and pita sandwiches. The marketing is a ... More >>

Youth Lagoon at the Loft: Missed Opportunities with Drums at Dallas' Most Underused Venue

The criminally underused Loft, downtown in the Gilley's complex, is a wonderful venue which has big open spaces, a perfectly positioned bar, and a patio totally unmatched among Dallas gig venues. It's incredible that it's barely being used at all. Beyond the twists and turns of employee movement aro ... More >>

Brooke Humphries: Dance Mogul, Dallas Music Lover, NASCAR Fan

We've looked in on Brooke Humphries before, and we'll probably do it again, but we wanted to check in with her from an angle of local support this time. Humphries, in addition to owning stakes in both Barcadia locations, Beauty Bar, It'll Do Dance Club and new coffee joint Mudsmith, also owns half ... More >>

It's Good To Be The Queen

I'd Go, But I'm All Tied Up

Better Living Through Beethoven

Oz: Defying Gravity And Franco

Peace Activists Can Protest the New Bush Center, Judge Rules, So Off They Go

Last week we told you about a group of activists who were suing the City of Dallas, claiming they're being illegally barred from participating in a protest during SMU's dedication this week of the new George W. Bush Presidential Center. On Friday, noting a "strong public interest in the freedom of e ... More >>

A Better Way on the Trinity Highway

Let's build a road on the river, not a wall.

Can't Take a Vacation? Just See Rebirth Brass Band.

Over the weekend, Rebirth Brass Band packed out Oak Cliff's Kessler Theater in a sold out show. I arrived early, walking six blocks from Bishop Arts District to the historic venue, because it was a beautiful evening for a stroll in one of my favorite Dallas neighborhoods. On the way I pass a bar pat ... More >>

Eater Asked Hypnotic Donuts to Invent a Burger. And There's no Doughnut on It. WHY?!?!

So, Eater Dallas asked Hypnotic Donuts to invent a burger that they'd serve for Eater's Burger Week. Awesome. The photo above is a picture of the burger that Hypnotic invented. Here's a description of it, straight from Eater: Hypnotic Donuts: The 'Minimum Wage' burger is a half-pound patty infused ... More >>

A Man Reportedly Murdered His Pregnant Girlfriend in Hamilton Park, Then Took Police on a Wild Chase [Updated]

The headline summarizes what we know at this point pretty well. According to Fox 4, the man you see abandoning his car in the picture above shot and killed his girlfriend and unborn child today in the 12300 block of Hoblitzelle Drive in the Hamilton Park neighborhood of Northeast Dallas. Then, he ra ... More >>

Six of the Best Mom and Pop Restaurants

I love small, family owned restaurants. You do too. The quaint dining rooms and original menus make for lasting memories while affordable prices make it possible to return again and again. Here are some of the best mom and pop restaurants in Dallas. Los Torres Taquería (pictured above) This small ... More >>

Behold: Mega Gallery

Angela Hunt and Scott Griggs Want a Vote On Trinity East Drillsites in 30 Days

Before term limits and elections change the complexion of the Dallas City Council in unknowable ways, Scott Griggs and Angela Hunt want an up-or-down vote on proposed natural gas wells along the Trinity River. Last month, the Dallas Plan Commission voted down the permits for drilling outfit Trinity ... More >>

Fracker Bombs, Coffee Bars and Farm Fresh Milk: This Week In Dallas Dining

I hope you're planning on having a nice weekend. Baseball is back, and the weather looks stellar. It's definitely a great week to check out your local farmers market. But before you head out, you know the drill -- it's wrap up time. This week I reviewed Ascension, the chic coffee house that's been ... More >>

You Play Ball Like a Girl

Let’s Go Arting